Name ______Date ______Glossary CHAPTER 32 An Age of Limits automation Making things with inflation A steady increase in quadrupled Made four times machines rather than people prices of consumer goods greater cartel An organization that controls obstruction of justice Preventing radiation Possibly dangerous enough of the production of an item legal work from proceeding energy that is sent into the air to set the price pardoned Excused or forgave shah Ruler of Iran before the 1979 cover up To hide or conceal perjury Lying under oath revolution emissions Something that is given pesticides Chemicals used to kill special prosecutor Lawyer off or sent out insects and rodents appointed to investigate public officials hostage A person held captive in an pollution Waste or harmful material attempt to bargain for political or trade competition Competition from presiding Holding a position of financial demands other nations to sell goods authority

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Terms and Names

A. Write the letter of the term that best answers the question.

a. John Sirica _____ 1. What is the foreign policy in which nations deal with each other b. environmentalist in a practical and flexible manner? c. realpolitik _____ 2. What is the economic term that refers to the double problems of d. rising inflation and unemployment? e. stagflation f. _____ 3. Who was the judge in the trial of the Watergate burglars? _____ 4. Who was the president who based much of his foreign policy on human rights? _____ 5. Who is a person who takes an active role in advocating measures to protect the environment?

B. Write on the blank the name or term that best completes each sentence. Earth Day 1. Through ’s plan of ______, state and local governments were allowed to spend their federal dollars however they Rachel Carson saw fit within certain limitations. revenue sharing 2. When sued to obtain Nixon’s tapes, Nixon set off the Camp David Accords ______, by ordering the attorney general to fire Cox. 3. President Jimmy Carter negotiated the ______between Israel and Egypt.

McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. 4. The book Silent Spring, written by ______, prompted © Americans to address environmental issues. 5. On April 22, 1970, thousands of communities celebrated the first ______by having some type of environmental aware- ness activity.

CHAPTER 32 AN AGE OF LIMITS 323 AFTER YOU READ AFTER YOU 324 2 1 Answer thefollowingquestionsonaseparatesheetofpaper. Thinking Critically 5 4 3 2 1 Main Ideas Name ...... How didRachelCarson’s book What doyouthinkwerePresidentNixon’s successes?What werehisfailures? What happenedatThreeMileIsland? Describe onesuccessandfailureofCarter’s foreignpolicy? How didFordhandletheeconomy? What weretheeffectsofWatergate scandal? How didNixontrytohelptheeconomy? C ______HAPTER 2A 32 FTER Y OU R Silent Spring EAD (continued) contribute totheenvironmentalmovement? CHAPTER 32 Date ______An AgeofLimits

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After You Read Terms and Names A. B. 1. c 1. revenue sharing 2. e 2. Saturday Night Massacre 3. a 3. Camp David Accords 4. d 4. Rachel Carson 5. b 5. Earth Day Main Ideas 1. Nixon supported the Family Assistance Plan. He also fought against stagflation. 2. Possible response: Watergate caused the resignation of Nixon. It also made Americans skeptical about government officials. 3. Ford tried to use energy conservation and higher interest rates to slow inflation. The high interest rates caused a recession. 4. Possible response: success—Panama Canal treaty, Camp David Accords; failure—failure to win ratification of the SALT II treaty, Iranian hostage crisis 5. Improper training and safety procedures led to an accident in which a nuclear reactor released radiation into the air. Thinking Critically 1. Possible response: successes—New Federalism, revenue sharing, détente, SALT I Treaty; failures—Watergate, dealing with stagflation 2. Possible response: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson contributed to the environmental movement by showing the dangers of pesticides. After it came out, President Kennedy set up a committee to investigate the situation. Later, Congress passed the Clean Air Act of 1963. Carson’s work helped outlaw DDT in 1972.